Photo essay: Rapid loading for the fight

By Osakabe Yasuo, 374th Airlift Wing/Public Affairs / Published September 22, 2010

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Staff Sgt. Dustin McComas marshals a C-5 Galaxy Sept. 15, 2010, after it lands at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Sergeant McComas is a loadmaster with the 730th Air Mobility Squadron there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Loadmasters and aircrew from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load pallets Sept. 15, onto a C-5 Galaxy at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Airmen performed a two-hour quick turn on the C-5, preparing and loading a large amount of equipment and supplies.

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